News and Networks
Several internal and external associations, networks and programs are committed to a more sustainable university landscape in Lucerne. The Sustainability Office at the University of Lucerne is in close contact with the organizations and plans projects and events together with them.
Sustainable University Day 2024
The next Sustainable University Day will take place on November 12, 2024 in Zurich. The event is organized by the universities ETHZ, HfH, PHZH, UZH, ZHdK and ZHAW. More information is available on the Sustainable University Day event page.
Internal Organizations
The Working Group Sustainability (MOL) is dedicated to sustainability at the University of Lucerne and is made up of members of the Mid-Level Organisation of the University of Lucerne (MOL). Its aim is to revive sustainability as a fundamental basis for decision-making in all areas of the university and to promote sustainability awareness at the University of Lucerne - both in university management structures, in the everyday working lives of employees and in mobile student life.
The Lucerne Sustainability Association (VENALU) consists of students and alumni of the Lucerne Campus and is committed to sustainable projects in Lucerne, such as the Sustainability Weeks, which has been self-organized since 2018 on the premises of the University of Lucerne and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The last Sustainability Weeks took place from March 11 - 22, 2024 and offered a varied range of exciting events for students and other interested parties - the motto was "Regenerative Fingerprint". Incidentally, students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences can register on the VENALU social credits platform via OLAT and benefit from social credits.
External Organizations and Networks
The Association "Engagierte für eine nachhaltige Hochschule Luzern" (ENNA) consists of students, staff and lecturers of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts who are committed to sustainable solutions. In their list of expectations, they propose more sustainable options for the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Since September 2020, the Network Sustainability of swissuniversities has been networking experts from Swiss universities and advising the swissuniversities committees. The purpose of the network is to share sustainable best practices in the areas of research, teaching and university operations. All higher education institutions (universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education) are represented in the network.
The interdisciplinary Sustainability Network of Central Switzerland (NNZ) promotes the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda goals at regional level through the activities and projects of its members. The University of Lucerne has been a member since October 2022. The NNZ Symposium 2023 took place on January 27, 2023.
